HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-09-12 Beautification SummaryKENAI BEAUTYFICATION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 12, 2000
7:00 P.M.
KENA% COUNCIL CHAMBERS
***AGENDA***
ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL
ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- August 8, 2000
YTEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
ITEM 5: OLD BUSINESS
a. Discussion -- 2001 Planning
b. Discussion -- Garden-of-the-Week Program
ITEM 6: NEW BUSINESS
a. Discussion -- Police Department Landscaping
b. Discussion -- Memorial Park Sidewalk Addition Proposal
c. Anuropai -Election of New Vine Chair
ITEM 7: REPORTS
a. Committee Chair
b. Parks 8v Recreation Director
c. Kenai City Council Liaison
ITEM 8: QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
ITEM 9: INFORMATION
a. Parks 8r, Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes of August 3, 2000.
b. City Council Action Agendas of August 2 and 16, 2000.
ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT
KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMM%TTEE
KENAI COUNCIL CHAMBERS
SEPTEMBER 12, 2000
7:00 P.M.
CHAIR MARILYN DYMMICK, PRESIDING
ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
Chair Dimmick called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. The roll was taken as follows:
Members Present: Brown, Rogers, Dimmick, Hett, Nelson, Buffington,
Hansen
Non-Voting Members Present: Overturf
Non-Voting Members Absent: Benedict
Others Present: Councilwoman Swarner, Parks 8v Recreation Director Frates,
Contract Secretary Kellerby
ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL
The members approved the agenda as presented with the addition to Item 6: New
Business - c. Election of New Vice Chair.
ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- August 8, 2000
The members approved the minutes of the August 8, 2000 meeting as presented.
ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD -- None
ITEM 5: OLD BUSINESS
5-a. Discussion - 2001 Planning
Members welcomed Lois Nelson as a new member to the Committee.
Overturf and Councilwoman Swarner reported they took pictures of the 20 gardens in
the City of Kenai that the Beautification Committee oversees. The Committee used
these to critique each garden and plan what to do next year. They asked that the
following be included in the minutes:
Beds to remain the same: Sign bed; cement circles in front of bank and church; bed at
Dan's TV; fire station; police station (with addition of pansies around edge).
Changes:
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• Gazebo mound -- fill in with tiger lilies or bright yellow ones; ladies'
mantle; Iamb ears and veronica; add pansies and/or padulosum at edges.
• Bean bed -- Remove some tansy; keep salvia; delphiniums; add more
short lychnis (orange/red, 12-18" tall); rudbeckia (2" and taller) and dianthus and/or
Sweet William at edge.
• Chamber -- Plant same along path with addition of tall rudbeckia toward
the deck; add red geraniums in planter and window boxes.
• Smaller mound at Leif Hansen -- fill in with poppies and blue bachelor
buttons; add padulosum around edge.
Others:
• Window boxes/round planters -use red geraniums, tall rudbeckia, tall
lilies
• Flag Mound -Use lilies, poppies, and padulosum.
It was agreed to discuss Erik Hansen Park and any other gardens at the next meeting.
It was also agreed to send athank-you note to the KCHS Cheerleaders and other
volunteers who helped this summer.
MOTION:
Member Brown MOVED to approve that whoever adopts a cement circle or planter, etc.
needs to present a plan to the Committee for approval before planting and member
Rogers SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED.
5-b. Discussion -Garden-of-the-Week Program
Director Frates reported the Garden-of-the-Week Program ended for the year. There
was discussion on other gardens to include in this program next year.
ITEM 6: NEW BUSINESS
6-a. Discussion -Police Department Landscaping
Director Frates reported that Mary Piper had volunteered to plant flowers at the Police
Department similar to that of the fire station. Members suggested she plant bulbs in
the island now and label them, and later present a plan for what she would like to do
next year.
6-b. Discussion -Memorial Park Sidewalk Addition Proposal
Director Frates reported all the spaces at Leif Hansen Park had been sold. He noted
the Mayor had suggested a memorial wall be built that would hold tiles or bricks with
loved ones' names inscribed. He asked members to take the map of Leif Hansen Park
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included in the packet to the park and note their location recommendations for the
new sidewalks and wall and bring them to the next meeting.
6-e. Approval -Election of New Vice Chair
MOTION:
Member Hett MOVED to elect Helen Brown as the new Vice Chair and Member Hansen
SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED.
ITEM 7: REPORTS
7-a. Committee Chair -Chair Dimmick thanked everyone for their help in the
planning process and Director Frates for his beautiful photos of the gardens in the
Garden-of-the-Week program.
7-b. Parks and Recreation Director -- Director Frates reported the following:
• they used slow release fertilizer this year (20-20-20);
® weed fabric was installed il-~ the rose gardens;
• the lilies had been pulled and planted at the extension block;
• about 12 stepping stones had been cut for those who are interested;
• the flower boxes were being stored for the winter as some flowers had
already frozen;
• he received a wholesale plant material list from Herb Garden;
• wildflower beds at the Visitors Center and the Library had been planted;
• the cemetery bed had not been planted.
7-c. City Council Liaison -Councilwoman Swarner noted the City Council
Action Agendas included in the packet and they had received. a_ Bond financial report.
ITEM 8: QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS -- None
ITEM 9: INFORMATION -- None
YTEM 10: ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
Minutes transcribed and prepared by:
Susan Kellerby, Contract Secretary
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